RussianSuspectinUS‘WasDeniedBailoverCitizenship’

Russian citizenship of Alexander Posobilov, a defendant in a high-profile illegal US technology export case, was one of the reasons why a US court denied him bail, Russia’s vice consul in Houston Stanislav Abramov said.

Russian citizenship of Alexander Posobilov, a defendant in a high-profile illegal US technology export case, was one of the reasons why a US court denied him bail, Russia’s vice consul in Houston Stanislav Abramov said.

The court assumed that Posobilov may flee the United States because he has both US and Russian passports, Abramov said.

Houston court on Friday denied bail to Posobilov, ruling to keep him in custody, defense lawyer Alexei Tarasov said earlier.

Tarasov also said Svetalina Zagon, not a Russian citizen, was released on bail at the beginning of hearings. Abramov said Zagon was a US national.

Eight members of an alleged secret Russian military procurement network were arrested earlier this week in Houston. They include four Russian nationals: Alexander Fishenko, Posobilov, Viktoria Klebanova and Anastasia Diatlova. Three suspects are still at large and believed to be outside the United States.